OSK vs WCN vs DAN Stock Comparison

Oshkosh, Waste Connections and Dana Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
OSK Oshkosh Corp
$133.29 +0.4% 1M -4.4% 1Y
Market cap
$8.38B
P/E
15.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.61B
Div. yield
–
Heavy Equipment Industrials
4 wins
WCN Waste Connections, Inc.
$186.62 +19.9% 1M +5.5% 1Y
Market cap
$46.13B
P/E
37.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.94B
Div. yield
–
Solid Waste Industrials
4 wins
DAN DANA Inc
$27.05 -0.3% 1M +36.1% 1Y
Market cap
$2.94B
P/E
2.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.66B
Div. yield
0.02%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Waste Connections leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Waste Connections 4, Oshkosh 4, Dana 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionOSKWCNDANLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.38B $46.13B $2.94B WCN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 15.1x 37.2x 2.6x DAN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.3x 34.6x 14.2x OSK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +2.2% +6.3% +3.7% WCN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 5.2% — 14.6% DAN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 11.4% — 0.0% OSK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.7x — 1.8x OSK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -4.4% +5.5% +36.1% DAN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +5.2%/yr +7.3%/yr +4.0%/yr WCN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.5% 25.7% 44.2% WCN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 72/100 48/100 61/100 OSK

Percentile Scorecard

OSKWCNDAN

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisOSKWCNDAN
Valuation 95 #12 of 203 27 #12 of 16 95 #11 of 203
Growth 60 #76 of 187 77 #4 of 14 82 #35 of 187
Profitability 64 #68 of 185 69 #5 of 14 46 #100 of 185
Financial Health 52 #106 of 219 20 #13 of 16 21 #174 of 219
Shareholder Returns 90 #16 of 153 – 64 #56 of 153
Overall 72 48 61
  • OSK ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • WCN ranked among 16 companies in Waste Management
  • DAN ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodOSKWCNDANSPY
1 month +0.4%+19.9%-0.3% -0.8%
3 months -13.9%+10.2%-0.7% +3.5%
6 months -11.6%+15.5%-29.7% +7.0%
Year to date +6.1%+6.4%+13.8% +12.2%
1 year -4.4%+5.5%+36.1% +13.0%
3 years +54.4%+45.8%+114.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year +15.6%+13.4%+29.0% +23.1%
5 years +28.9%+42.4%+21.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year +5.2%+7.3%+4.0% +11.0%
10 years +149.5%+271.8%+78.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year +9.6%+14.0%+6.0% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureOSKWCNDANSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.5%25.7%44.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 40.5%23.3%46.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.40-0.181.30 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.110.220.82 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -43.5%-25.5%-69.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -25.1%0.0%-30.5% -1.8%
52-week high $177.94$186.62$38.93 $779.14
52-week low $118.59$149.02$19.47 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleOSKWCNDAN
P/E now vs peer median 15.0xmedian 26.0x 37.2xmedian 34.0x 2.6xmedian 26.0x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.9x 4.7xmedian 3.4x 0.4xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.6xmedian 14.0x —median 15.3x 7.0xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.3xmedian 21.4x 31.8xmedian 18.5x 20.3xmedian 21.4x
P/B now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 2.2x 6.0xmedian 3.0x 1.5xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.17median 1.26 —median 3.42 0.02median 1.26

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsOSKWCNDAN
Revenue $10.61B $9.94B $7.66B
Gross profit $1.69B – $725.00M
Operating income $797.60M $1.76B $210.00M
Net income $556.30M $1.13B $1.13B
Free cash flow $1.12B – $143.00M
EPS (diluted) $8.87 – $10.18
Cash & equivalents $403.60M $95.69M $331.00M
Total debt $1.10B – $1.34B
Shares (diluted) 62.75M 253.86M 109.50M
Enterprise value $7.04B $46.13B $1.25B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricOSKWCNDAN
P/E 15.0x 37.2x 2.6x
P/FCF 7.3x 31.8x 20.3x
P/Operating cash flow 6.3x 18.6x 6.4x
P/S 0.8x 4.7x 0.4x
P/B 1.8x 6.0x 1.5x
P/Tangible book 2.2x 8.0x 1.5x
EV/EBITDA 8.6x – 7.0x
EV/EBIT 11.2x – 18.7x
EV/Revenue 0.8x 4.7x 0.5x
EV/FCF 8.0x – 27.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 6.9x 18.6x 8.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.17 – 0.02

Growth

14 metrics
MetricOSKWCNDAN
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.2% 6.3% 3.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.8% 8.2% -9.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -10.2% – 79.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 7.4% – -6.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) -16.7% 61.8% 307.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 8.2% 10.0% 6.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -14.5% 82.2% 28,400%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 11.1% 10.9% 83.0%
EPS growth (1Y) -11.7% – 6,201%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 12.8% – 108.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 60.6% 4.2% 49.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 57.0% 6.5% -8.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 99.4% – 180.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 49.8% – 5.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricOSKWCNDAN
Gross margin 15.9% – 9.5%
EBITDA margin 9.8% – 7.3%
Operating margin 7.5% – 2.7%
Pretax margin 6.5% – 1.0%
Net margin 5.2% – 14.6%
FCF margin 10.6% – 1.9%
Operating cash flow margin 12.3% 25.4% 6.0%
Return on equity 12.4% 14.3% 56.6%
Return on assets 5.6% 5.3% 18.6%
Return on invested capital 11.4% – 0.0%
Return on capital employed 11.5% – 5.3%
Asset turnover 1.1x 0.5x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.3x 2.2x 0.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 0.8% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricOSKWCNDAN
Debt / assets 11.0% – 22.0%
Debt / equity 0.2x – 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.7x – 1.8x
Debt / FCF 1.0x – 9.4x
Liabilities / assets 55.0% 63.3% 67.6%
Equity / assets 45.0% 36.7% 32.4%
Interest coverage 6.6x – 1.5x
Current ratio 1.7x 0.7x 1.5x
Quick ratio 0.7x – 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.1x – 0.2x
Altman Z-score 3.18 – 2.29

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricOSKWCNDAN
Dividend yield 1.7% 0.8% 1.7%
Net buyback yield 4.2% – 19.3%
Shareholder yield 5.9% 0.8% 21.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 4.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 35.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – -12.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -4.2%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusOSKWCNDAN
Forward P/E 13.3xFY2026 34.6xFY2026 14.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.00FY2026 $5.40FY2026 $1.90FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -7.3%FY2026 +5.9%FY2026 +413.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +46.4% +18.7% +128.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $10.70BFY2026 $10.30BFY2026 $8.05BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.6%FY2026 +10.0%FY2026 +7.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.3% 0.0% +34.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersOSKWCNDAN
Held by institutions 100.0% 85.2% 99.2%
Institutions holding 598 829 342
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.1% +1.3% +1.8%
Institutions buying 309 410 168
Institutions selling 188 303 126
Buyers to sellers 1.64 1.35 1.33

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

OSKWCNDAN
OSK 1.00 0.09 0.38
WCN 0.09 1.00 -0.05
DAN 0.38 -0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, OSK, WCN and DAN?

Waste Connections (WCN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Oshkosh (OSK) $8.38B, Waste Connections (WCN) $46.13B, Dana (DAN) $2.94B.

Which stock is cheaper, OSK, WCN and DAN?

Dana (DAN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Oshkosh (OSK) 15.1x, Waste Connections (WCN) 37.2x, Dana (DAN) 2.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Oshkosh (OSK) is cheapest (Oshkosh (OSK) 13.3x, Waste Connections (WCN) 34.6x, Dana (DAN) 14.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Waste Connections (WCN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Oshkosh (OSK) +2.2%, Waste Connections (WCN) +6.3%, Dana (DAN) +3.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Dana (DAN) has the highest net margin (Oshkosh (OSK) 5.2%, Dana (DAN) 14.6%). On return on invested capital, Oshkosh (OSK) leads (Oshkosh (OSK) 11.4%, Dana (DAN) 0.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Dana (DAN) returned the most: Oshkosh (OSK) -4.4%, Waste Connections (WCN) +5.5%, Dana (DAN) +36.1%. Over five years, Waste Connections (WCN) compounded fastest (Oshkosh (OSK) +5.2%/yr, Waste Connections (WCN) +7.3%/yr, Dana (DAN) +4.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Oshkosh (OSK) 0.00%, Waste Connections (WCN) 0.00%, Dana (DAN) 0.02%. Oshkosh (OSK) and Waste Connections (WCN) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Waste Connections (WCN) has been the steadiest (Oshkosh (OSK) 40.5%, Waste Connections (WCN) 25.7%, Dana (DAN) 44.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, OSK, WCN and DAN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Waste Connections (WCN) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.